Supporting device



Nov. 1, 1932. c. GEDDES SUPPORTING DEVICE Filea Feb. 25, 1930 FlQS,

\mueNToa. 9m (KM-w Patented Nov. 1, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE CHARLES I. GEDDES, OF ARLINGTON, MASSAOHUSETT$, ASSIGNOR. TO PETER GRAY &

SONS INC., OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS SUPPORTING DEVICE Application filed February 25, 1930. Serial No. 431,197,.

This invention relates to a device for use in supporting articles upon radiators. In general the object of the invention is to provide a novel, simple, and practical device which may be used to support articles upon radiators in a stable and efficient manner.

The invention is preferably embodied in a device for use in supporting a humidifier upon the top of the radiator.

lVith this object in view and such others as may hereinafter appear, the invention consists in the supporting device hereinafter described and particularly defined in the'claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the present supporting device;

Fig. 2, a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1 applied to a radiator;

Fig. 3, an end elevation of the supporting device shown in Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4, an inverted plan of the supporting device and the portion of the radiator upon which it is mounted.

The upper surface of the usual form of heating radiator is notparticularlywellsuited for supporting articles upon the radiator because of the presence of the ridges and depressions formed by the adjacent sections making up the radiator, and also because of the fact that the upper surface of each section is usually more or less rounded.

The present invention aims to provide an article-supporting device in the form of a unitary bracket which is adapted to be applied to the top of the radiator and to be capable of resting thereon in a stable manner and to thus afford a suitable support upon which articles, such as a humidifier, may rest upon the top surface of the radiator without liability of their being readily displaced.

In general the present article-supporting device comprises a body portion of a suflicient length to extend across the radiator and of sufiicient width to rest upon adjacent sections of said radiator and'which has provision preferably in the form of depending lugs or members for engaging corresponding portions between adjacent sections of the ravided with depending lugs or radiator-engag-- ing members 12, 14. As herein shown each of the lugs or radiator-engaging members 12, 14 comprises an individual stamping provided with a curved outer surface 20, which is adapted to engage the curved surface 22 of a section of the radiator, and each set of lugs or members 12, 14 is arranged to engage adjacent portions of adjacent sections 24 of the radiator between adjacent ribs or ridges 25when the body portion 10 rests upon the top of the ridges 25 in a substantially horizontal position as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3.

The two sets of radiator-engaging members or lugs 12, 14 are spaced from each other sufiiciently so that each set of members will engage corresponding portions of the radiator on opposite sides thereof.

From the description thus far and from an inspection of the drawing, it will be apparent that the present radiator-supporting member is supported upon the top of the ribs or ridges 25 of the radiator and is prevented from tilting thereon by the engagement of each set of radiator-engaging member 12, 14 with the curved portions of the radiator between adj acent ribs, thus affording a convenient and stable support for any article, such as a humidifier.

In practice it may be preferred to use a plurality of the article-supporting members upon a single radiator when it is desired to support an elongated article, such as a humidifier, and in addition the body portion of the device may be provided with upstanding end flanges 26 for assisting in holding the article upon the device.

The present device is particularly adapted for manufacture from sheet metal and at a minimum manufacturing cost.

The central part of the bod portion may and preferably will be providied with a deression or corru ation 36 for increasing the rigidity of the b0 y portion and when the device is used as a humidifier support, the corrugation 36 may be provided with slots or openings 40 for the passage of metal tie strips, not shown, which may be used to secure'the humidifier to the supporting device.

The curvature of the outer side of each radiator-engaging member 12, 14 is such that such members may I engage the adjacent curved surfaces of adjacent sections of a radiator and thereby render the device selfadapting to any of the different types of commercial radiators.

While the preferred embodiment of the int vention has been herein illustrated and described, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied in other forms within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. A supportingdevice of the character specified, comprising a body portion provided with depending radiatonengaging means spaced apart and extending transversely of the body portion and adapted when the device is positioned on a radiator to extend lengthwise of the radiator to engage portions of sections upon opposite sides of the radiator to retain the body portion in a position resting upon the top of the radiator and extending transversely thereof.

2. A supporting device of the character specified, comprising a body portion provided with depending radiator-engaging means spaced apart to engage portions of sections upon opposite sides of the radiator to retain the body portion in a position resting upon the top of the radiator and extending transversely thereof and having a central depression provided with slots.

3. A supporting device of the character specified, comprising a body portion provided with depending radiator-engaging members constructed, and spaced from each other a distance sufiicient to permit them to extend down into the spaces between sections of a radiator upon opposite sides thereof upon which the body portion is placed and to extend longitudinally of the radiator for a sufficient distance to prevent the device from movement transversely of the radiator, and having upwardly extended flanges for engaging the opposite sides of the article placed thereon.

4. A supporting device of the character specified, comprising a sheet metal body portion of a length sufficient to extend across a radiator on which it is placed and of a width suflicient to rest upon adjacent sections of said radiator, said body portion having members stamped therefrom and depending from the 

